Railway cattle-guard.



PATENTED MAY 5, 1908. J. BROWN. & WLH. SHELBOURNB.

RAILWAY CATTLE GUARD.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH BROWN, OF LIVERMORE, AND WILLIAM H. SHELBOURNE, OF RUSSELLVILLE',

KENTUCKY.

RAILWAY CATTLE-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Application filed January 27, 1908. Serial No. 412,926.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH BROWN, a citizen of the United States,resident of Livermore, in the county of McLean and State of Kentucky,and WILLIAM H. SHELBOURNE, a citizen of the United States, resident ofRussellville, in the county of Logan and State of Kentucky, have made acertain new and useful Invention in Railway Cattle-Guards; and wedeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to theaccomp anying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of one section of the guard in depressedposition with hidden parts in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a section on theline m:t, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view with the guard raised. Fig. 4is a detail perspective view of the guard proper.

The invention relates to cattle guards for railway tracks, beingdesigned to provide improved means for preventing passage of cattleeither way upon such tracks, and it consists in the novel constructionand combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, one-half-ofthe invention will be shown, it being understood that the two halves areexactly alike but working oppositely, so that cattle attempting to getupon the track from either side will operate one of the guards, whichwill bar their passage.

In these drawings the letter a, designates a section of railway trackingand b, a transverse beam or timber below the ties, which are cut away oromitted adjacent to said timber, leaving a space 0, between the trackrails.

(Z, is the guard, which is provided with frame bars e, having upturnedend portions 6, said frame bars being pivoted at the angles thereof at 6in rear of the upturned portions, to the beam or timber b. A transverseplatef, overlies the upturned portions 6, of, the frame bars andconnects them, the guard d, proper, consisting of pointed pickets ofgate character, being carried by a transverse plate or bar g, alsoconnecting the frame bars 6.

h, is the table fitting between the rails in the space 0, and having atits rear edge pivthe front of the table, such weight being lo-' catedbelow a slot or opening it, in a platform 7r, below such table, thesuspension wire Z, passing through such slot or opening. The

slot or opening is smaller than the weight so that the table is keptpermanently in h orizontal position.

Smaller guards of similar character to the main guard and marked m, arearranged to be operated with the main central guard d, at each sidethereof to bar the passage of cattle at the sides of the track. Eachsuch guard m, has an inward extending supporting frame bar it, locatedbelow the track and provided with an upward extension m, at its innerend, rigidly secured to one of the frame bars 6, at m Thus should cattlestep upon the track at the point where the guard is located, which is atsome place where they are likely or obliged to ass, they will first stepupon one of the tab es h, which present outward from the two sections orhalves of the guard. The table will be de ressed by the weight of theanimal and wifi, through its pivotal connection with the upturned endportions of the frame bars of 'the guard device, cause such guard torise in front of and bar the passageway, as shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawings. The upturned ends 6 of the frame bars are arranged however tocontact with the timber 6, before the guard has reached the verticalposition, so that when the animal steps off from the table, as it isobliged to do, the guard will fall through its own "weight or gravity tonormal horizontal position, resting upon the ties. The transverse plateconnecting the frame bars 6, and lying in front of the table 7L, acts asa guard plate to prevent the animal getting its foot or feet in thespace or depression at such point.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A cattle guard for railway tracks including a support, a verticallyswinging gate having supporting side bars hinged to said support andhaving upturned end portions, 2. table having pivotal connection at itsrear edge with said upturned end portions, and a spring deviceiforsupporting said table in horizontal position, said upturned end portionsof the side bars being arranged to have contact with said support beforethe gate arrives at vertical position, whereby the gate Will fall tonormal position through gravity.

2. A cattle guard for railway tracks, including a support, a verticallyswinging gate having supporting side bars hinged to said support, andhaving upturned end portions, a table having pivotal connection at itsrear edge With said upturned end portions, a spring device for suporting said table in horizontal position, lateral. guards at each sideof said gate and operating therewith, 15 said upturned end portions ofthe side bars being arranged to have contact with said support beforethe gate arrives at vertical position, whereby it Will fall to normalposition through gravity.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures, in presence of tWoWitnesses.

JOE BROWN. WILLIAM' H. SHELBOURNE.

Witnesses:

W. E. MosELEY, C. F. THOMASSON.

